Manual handling risks associated with the care, treatment and transportation of bariatric (severely obese) clients in Australia

Work

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 477-483

  Cowley, Stephen P ^a   Leggett, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

emergency service; funeral; Health care; obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BARIATRICS; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT LIFTING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALIA; BARIATRICS; BODY MASS INDEX; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; OBESITY, MORBID; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 80051533453     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2011-1197     Document Type: Article

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